EP2190744B1 - Load indicator and method for detecting a hard landing or an overload force during towing of an aircraft - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a load indicator.
- Applications for the indicator include, but are not limited to, indicating a hard landing of an aircraft, and indication of excessive towing forces applied to an aircraft.
- the invention also relates to methods for inspecting an aircraft and inspecting an aircraft towing device.
- a "Hard Landing" occurs when, for whatever reason, the certified landing parameters are exceeded. This would normally be reported by the aircraft pilot and subsequently confirmed by inspection of the confirmed by inspection of the airframe structure and information extracted from the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR). The problem lies in the time taken to analyse data confirm whether the event was truly a "Hard Landing" or not. This analysis can sometimes take up to 3 weeks to conclude and is not often tolerated by the aircraft operator.
- DFDR Digital Flight Data Recorder
- US4392623 describes a fused connection adapted to fail under different overloads acting in different directions. The objective is to protect the fuel tank (primary wing structure) from rupture resulting from landing gear overload in either the vertical or horizontal directions.
- US5927646 describes an energy absorbing landing gear/tail skid including means for indicating the magnitude of impact loads. Impact loads effect plastic deformation of the device, and an elongate stem protrudes beyond a reference surface to provide a visual indication that the magnitude of impact loads has reached a threshold value.
- the two components may comprise components of an aircraft landing gear including components of a side stay or drag stay or an articulation joint or a towing connection.
- Figure 1 shows a landing gear of an aircraft comprising a shock absorber strut 1 with upper and lower telescoping portions 2, 3, the upper portion 2 being connectable to the airframe, the lower portion 3 carrying one or more axles 4 by means of attachment to a pivoted bogie beam 5.
- a hinged stay assembly 6 is connected between the upper portion of the shock absorber and the airframe and serves to stabilise the landing gear so that it may react load in the "down" position, yet is able to fold to allow the gear to retract.
- Articulation links 7, 8 are connected between the forward part of the bogie beam 5 and the upper part 2 of the shock absorber to react tension and thereby form a fulcrum for the bogie beam during the early part of landing.
- the lower link 8 is attached between the forward part of the bogie beam 5 and the upper link 7, and the upper link 7 is attached between the lower link 8 and the upper part 2 of the shock absorber.
- a pitch trimmer 9 is mounted between the upper part 1 of the shock absorber and a point 10 on the upper articulation link 7 close to its attachment to the lower articulation link 8 and serves to act as a hydraulic spring/damper to hold the articulation links in a position. The net result is a linkage mechanism that resists tension of the lower link 8, but allows it to rise when a compression load is applied.
- the upper and lower links 7, 8 are connected by a pivotal joint 13 as shown in more detail in Figure 3 .
- the upper link 7 has a forked end with a pair of lugs 11, between which is received a single lug 12 at the end of the lower link 8. All three lugs have aligned bores with bearings to receive a pivot pin 13.
- the bearing between the lug of the lower link and the pin is a spherical bearing which is split to enable it to be assembled within a spherical cavity 15 within the lug.
- the inner surface 16 of the spherical bearing is cylindrical to receive the pin.
- the bearings within the outer lug comprise pairs of cylindrical bushes 17..
- the pivot pin has a head 18 at one end and a thread 19 at the other, and is inserted through the aligned bearings until the head 18 abuts the outer lug 11 at one end.
- a retaining nut 20 is then screwed onto the threaded portion of the pin extending from the second outer lug 11.
- the head 18 of the pivot pin has a radially extending flange 19 by which it is connected to the adj acent lug by a dowel 21 so as to restrain the pin from rotating.
- the pivot pin 13 consists of an inner cylindrical member 22 which carries the head 18 at one end and the threaded portion 19 at the other end, and a frangible sleeve 23 that fits over the inner member 22 between the head and the threaded portion. Portions of the sleeve 23 at each end are a close fit on the inner member and form lands 31, and a portion of the sleeve 24 therebetween has a reduced thickness so that its inner surface is spaced away from the inner member 22 to create a chamber 25. This central portion of reduced thickness is aligned with the central lug 12 and spherical bearing 14 so that it is exposed to a load applied between the upper and lower links. The outer ends of the central portion 24 are formed with additional internal channels 26 so as to reduce the thickness of the sleeve even further so that fracturing of the frangible sleeve 23 under load is most likely to occur at these points.
- the inner member 22 is formed with a blind bore 27 which is connected via radial passages 28 with the chamber 25 between the inner member and outer frangible sleeve.
- the whole of the volume of the bore 27 and chamber 25 and connecting passages 28 is filled with red dye and the open end of the bore is sealed by a plug 29.
- Ring seals 30 are provided between the inner member 22 and outer sleeve 23 at either end to prevent escape of red dye longitudinally therebetween.
- the pivot pin 13 On aircraft landing, the pivot pin 13 is subjected to landing forces. Specifically, the articulation link is subjected to a tensile load indicated by arrows 100 (indicating upwards forces applied to the lugs 11) and a downward force 101 subjected to the lug 12. This results in a downward force 102 being applied to the central portion 24 of the pivot pin by the lug 12 and bearing 14, and upwards forces 103 being applied to the outer ends of the pivot pin by the lugs 11.
- the pivot pin acts a shear pin and provides a simple, quick and accurate means of inspecting for reported cases of "hard landings". Also, the indication of a hard landing does not compromise aircraft safety or operation since the pivot pin 13 can continue to support landing loads even when the pivot pin has fractured. Inspection also requires no specialist tooling. Inspection should be possible within normal aircraft turnaround times - typically 4 hours.
- Identification of a limit load excedance would be identified quickly following the aircrew reporting the event by simple inspection of the joint. This inspection can be carried out with the aircraft parked normally on the ground and with no additional or special equipment. Any lack of freedom in the joint would indicate a deformation of the pivot pin and hence quarantine the MLGs for further inspection or removal.
- the shear pin has been shown in the example above as a pivot pin in an articulation link, but a similar shear pin may be provided in other parts of a landing gear, for example as shown in Figures 4 and 5 , the shear pin can be used as a side stay pivot pin 40 or a drag stay pivot pin (not shown) to indicate if a lower load limit has been exceeded before the main pivot pin fails at a designed upper load limit.
- the pin need not be limited to use as a pivot member.
- it can also be used as a diaphragm pin 60 retaining an internal part of the shock absorber within the outer casing to react a load proportional to the inner pressures and to shear at a predetermined load limit.
- the shear pin may be positioned in some other part of an aircraft which is subjected to landing forces, such as a tail skid.
- the shear pin assembly can be used in an aircraft towing device, as shown at 70 in Figure 5 .
- the shear pin is subjected to aircraft towing forces, and can be inspected to determine whether the towing forces have exceeded a preset level which may be a lower warming level below a higher failure level at which other shear pins are designed to fail and release the load.
- shear pin has been illustrated for use on a winged aircraft, it may also be used on other aircraft such as a helicopter.
- the cavity 25 is filled with a red dye.
- the red dye may be replaced by another liquid indicator, by another flowable indicator such as a powder, or by an expanding foam.
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- The present invention relates to a load indicator. Applications for the indicator include, but are not limited to, indicating a hard landing of an aircraft, and indication of excessive towing forces applied to an aircraft. The invention also relates to methods for inspecting an aircraft and inspecting an aircraft towing device.
- The cost of an Aircraft on Ground (AOG), for whatever reason, is very significant and the airline operators look to the manufacturers where possible to reduce the impact of this by planned maintenance and/or clearance for further flight until the next scheduled maintenance point can be reached. However, there are events where planning cannot help. One such event is a "Hard Landing".
- A "Hard Landing" occurs when, for whatever reason, the certified landing parameters are exceeded. This would normally be reported by the aircraft pilot and subsequently confirmed by inspection of the confirmed by inspection of the airframe structure and information extracted from the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR). The problem lies in the time taken to analyse data confirm whether the event was truly a "Hard Landing" or not. This analysis can sometimes take up to 3 weeks to conclude and is not often tolerated by the aircraft operator.
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US4392623 describes a fused connection adapted to fail under different overloads acting in different directions. The objective is to protect the fuel tank (primary wing structure) from rupture resulting from landing gear overload in either the vertical or horizontal directions. -
US5927646 describes an energy absorbing landing gear/tail skid including means for indicating the magnitude of impact loads. Impact loads effect plastic deformation of the device, and an elongate stem protrudes beyond a reference surface to provide a visual indication that the magnitude of impact loads has reached a threshold value. - Document
DE 33 43 495 A1 discloses a load indicator including all the features of the preamble of claim 1. - In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a load indicator according to claim 1.
- In accordance with a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an assembly according to
claim 6. - The two components may comprise components of an aircraft landing gear including components of a side stay or drag stay or an articulation joint or a towing connection.
- The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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Figure 1 is a view of an articulated landing gear; -
Figure 2 is a view of an articulation link of the landing gear ofFigure 1 ; -
Figure 3 is a cross section through a joint of the articulation link ofFigure 2 ; -
Figure 4 is a view of another landing gear showing other potential applications of the invention; and -
Figure 5 is a view of an aircraft towing device. -
Figure 1 shows a landing gear of an aircraft comprising a shock absorber strut 1 with upper andlower telescoping portions upper portion 2 being connectable to the airframe, thelower portion 3 carrying one ormore axles 4 by means of attachment to a pivotedbogie beam 5. Ahinged stay assembly 6 is connected between the upper portion of the shock absorber and the airframe and serves to stabilise the landing gear so that it may react load in the "down" position, yet is able to fold to allow the gear to retract. -
Articulation links bogie beam 5 and theupper part 2 of the shock absorber to react tension and thereby form a fulcrum for the bogie beam during the early part of landing. Thelower link 8 is attached between the forward part of thebogie beam 5 and theupper link 7, and theupper link 7 is attached between thelower link 8 and theupper part 2 of the shock absorber. A pitch trimmer 9 is mounted between the upper part 1 of the shock absorber and apoint 10 on theupper articulation link 7 close to its attachment to thelower articulation link 8 and serves to act as a hydraulic spring/damper to hold the articulation links in a position. The net result is a linkage mechanism that resists tension of thelower link 8, but allows it to rise when a compression load is applied. - The upper and
lower links pivotal joint 13 as shown in more detail inFigure 3 . Theupper link 7 has a forked end with a pair oflugs 11, between which is received asingle lug 12 at the end of thelower link 8. All three lugs have aligned bores with bearings to receive apivot pin 13. The bearing between the lug of the lower link and the pin is a spherical bearing which is split to enable it to be assembled within aspherical cavity 15 within the lug. Theinner surface 16 of the spherical bearing is cylindrical to receive the pin. The bearings within the outer lug comprise pairs ofcylindrical bushes 17.. The pivot pin has ahead 18 at one end and athread 19 at the other, and is inserted through the aligned bearings until thehead 18 abuts theouter lug 11 at one end. Aretaining nut 20 is then screwed onto the threaded portion of the pin extending from the secondouter lug 11. Thehead 18 of the pivot pin has a radially extendingflange 19 by which it is connected to the adj acent lug by adowel 21 so as to restrain the pin from rotating. - The
pivot pin 13 consists of an innercylindrical member 22 which carries thehead 18 at one end and the threadedportion 19 at the other end, and afrangible sleeve 23 that fits over theinner member 22 between the head and the threaded portion. Portions of thesleeve 23 at each end are a close fit on the inner member and formlands 31, and a portion of thesleeve 24 therebetween has a reduced thickness so that its inner surface is spaced away from theinner member 22 to create achamber 25. This central portion of reduced thickness is aligned with thecentral lug 12 andspherical bearing 14 so that it is exposed to a load applied between the upper and lower links. The outer ends of thecentral portion 24 are formed with additionalinternal channels 26 so as to reduce the thickness of the sleeve even further so that fracturing of thefrangible sleeve 23 under load is most likely to occur at these points. - The
inner member 22 is formed with ablind bore 27 which is connected viaradial passages 28 with thechamber 25 between the inner member and outer frangible sleeve. The whole of the volume of thebore 27 andchamber 25 and connectingpassages 28 is filled with red dye and the open end of the bore is sealed by aplug 29.Ring seals 30 are provided between theinner member 22 andouter sleeve 23 at either end to prevent escape of red dye longitudinally therebetween. - On aircraft landing, the
pivot pin 13 is subjected to landing forces. Specifically, the articulation link is subjected to a tensile load indicated by arrows 100 (indicating upwards forces applied to the lugs 11) and adownward force 101 subjected to thelug 12. This results in adownward force 102 being applied to thecentral portion 24 of the pivot pin by thelug 12 and bearing 14, and upwards forces 103 being applied to the outer ends of the pivot pin by thelugs 11. - When the
force 102 exceeds a certain level, thepivot pin 13 fractures in the region of thegrooves 26. This causes the red dye to be released from thecavity 25 and bleed out of the articulation link between the ends of the two links. - Thus, the pivot pin acts a shear pin and provides a simple, quick and accurate means of inspecting for reported cases of "hard landings". Also, the indication of a hard landing does not compromise aircraft safety or operation since the
pivot pin 13 can continue to support landing loads even when the pivot pin has fractured. Inspection also requires no specialist tooling. Inspection should be possible within normal aircraft turnaround times - typically 4 hours. - Identification of a limit load excedance would be identified quickly following the aircrew reporting the event by simple inspection of the joint. This inspection can be carried out with the aircraft parked normally on the ground and with no additional or special equipment. Any lack of freedom in the joint would indicate a deformation of the pivot pin and hence quarantine the MLGs for further inspection or removal.
- The shear pin has been shown in the example above as a pivot pin in an articulation link, but a similar shear pin may be provided in other parts of a landing gear, for example as shown in
Figures 4 and5 , the shear pin can be used as a sidestay pivot pin 40 or a drag stay pivot pin (not shown) to indicate if a lower load limit has been exceeded before the main pivot pin fails at a designed upper load limit. Also, the pin need not be limited to use as a pivot member. For example, it can also be used as adiaphragm pin 60 retaining an internal part of the shock absorber within the outer casing to react a load proportional to the inner pressures and to shear at a predetermined load limit. - Instead of being positioned in a landing gear, the shear pin may be positioned in some other part of an aircraft which is subjected to landing forces, such as a tail skid.
- Furthermore, the shear pin assembly can be used in an aircraft towing device, as shown at 70 in
Figure 5 . In this case the shear pin is subjected to aircraft towing forces, and can be inspected to determine whether the towing forces have exceeded a preset level which may be a lower warming level below a higher failure level at which other shear pins are designed to fail and release the load. - Although the shear pin has been illustrated for use on a winged aircraft, it may also be used on other aircraft such as a helicopter.
- In the examples shown, the
cavity 25 is filled with a red dye. In alternative embodiments, the red dye may be replaced by another liquid indicator, by another flowable indicator such as a powder, or by an expanding foam.
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- A load indicator comprising a load bearing assembly of first and second load bearing members (23, 22) connected together to bear a lateral load applied to the first member, wherein the first load bearing member (23) defines a cavity (25) with the second load bearing member (22) such that it is frangible above an indicator load, and the cavity (25) contains a flowable indicator which escapes from the cavity once the first load bearing member is fractured by said load, characterised in that the first load bearing member (23) is tubular and receives the second load bearing member (22) within it so that the two members engage via lands (31) at opposite ends and are spaced apart in a central region (24) to form the cavity (25), the second load bearing member (22) being arranged to continue to support said load following the first load bearing member (23) being fractured by said load.
- A load indicator as claimed in claim 1 in which a portion of the first load bearing member (23) is of a reduced thickness to render it frangible and to define the cavity (25).
- A load indicator as claimed in claim 2 in which both load bearing members (23, 22) comprise cylindrical members arranged concentrically.
- A load indicator as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3 in which the cavity (25) includes an internal volume (27) within the second load bearing member (22).
- A load indicator as claimed in any one of the preceding claims configured as a load bearing pin to connect two components (7, 8) and to bear a load applied between the two components.
- A load indicator according to any preceding claim, wherein the flowable indicator is an indicator liquid.
- An assembly of two components and a load indicator configured as a load bearing pin as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, the pin engaging a pair of lugs (11) on one component (7) in alignment with the lands (31), and a lug (12) on the other component which lies between the pair of lugs (11), so as to be loaded by a lateral load when the two components are loaded in compression or tension.
- An assembly as claimed in claim 7 in which the two components (7, 8) comprise components of an aircraft landing gear.
- An assembly as claimed in claim 8 in which the two components (7, 8) comprise members of a side stay or an articulation joint or a towing connection.
- A method of detecting a hard landing of an aircraft using a load indicator as claimed in any of claims 1 to 5.
- A method of detecting an overload force in towing an aircraft using a load indicator as claimed in any of claims 1 to 5.
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